We have been working with Common Seas, an organisation with a mission to tackle the flow of plastics into the oceans, to develop Plastic Drawdown, a comprehensive approach for governments to understand plastic waste flows and optimise policies to tackle ocean pollution. We used the Plastic Drawdown approach to assess [...]
Our new report, released today (13 June), has found that a deposit return system (DRS) for non-alcoholic beverage containers, alongside improvements in the Blue Box program, would recycle an additional 118,000 tonnes of materials every year, as well as generating overall savings of $12 million. The report, Better Together: How [...]
We have been appointed by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) to work alongside the Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP) in Belize to undertake a global review of current restrictions on single use plastic (SUP) items. In April 2019 the Belizean government moved to ban single use plastics [...]
New research for Surfers Against Sewage has identified the brands whose items are most commonly littered on UK beaches. Volunteers from the Cornwall-based campaign group collected 49,413 items in their 2019 Big Spring Beach Clean between the 6th and 14th of April. Our team carried out analysis of the beach [...]
Awareness around the issues microplastics cause in the marine environment has continued to grow over the past 12 months, however businesses are often overlooked in the discussion. To combat this, we have been working with Earthwatch Europe to put together guidance on how to help businesses respond to microplastics and [...]
Our Zero Waste Cup scheme attracted the attention of event organisers, conference producers, and businesses large and small at the National Exhibition Centre for the NEC’s Resources and Waste Management conference on the 12th and 13th September 2018. We set up the Zero Waste Cup scheme in partnership with the NEC’s [...]
We are running a photo competition as part of our Clean Rivers Cleaner Seas campaign which aims to raise awareness of riverine plastic pollution. Sustainable clothing brand Finisterre has joined forces with us and will be offering a Litus Waterproof for the winning photo. The aim of the competition is to [...]
We have been commissioned by the Institut Cirkulární Ekonomiky (INCIEN) and beverage company Mattonito design and model a deposit return scheme (DRS) for disposable beverage containers in the Czech Republic. Currently, over 12 million single-use plastic beverage containers are bought in the Czech Republic each year. The country’s current general [...]
On the 11th July our Brussels office will be co-hosting a forum exploring ‘How to Reduce the Impact of Plastic Products on the Marine Environment’ in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and European media platform EURACTIV. The forum follows the European Commission’s launch of an awareness-raising [...]
We have been appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers Waste Group (NWG) and the Swedish EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to analyse the existing regulatory framework for waste prevention and recycling currently applied in Nordic regions. The NWG and the Swedish EPA commissioned the research to understand better the effect [...]
